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- Dictionarystint/stɪnt/
verb
- 1. supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something): "stowage room hasn't been stinted"
noun
- 1. a person's fixed or allotted period of work: "his varied career included a stint as a magician"
- 2. limitation of supply or effort: "a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint"
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STINT definition: 1. a fixed or limited period of time spent doing a particular job or activity: 2. to provide…. Learn more.
The meaning of STINT is a period of time spent at a particular activity. How to use stint in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stint.
A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place.
STINT meaning: 1. a fixed or limited period of time spent doing a particular job or activity: 2. to provide…. Learn more.
a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army. an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint. limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint. Synonyms: tour of duty, tour, term, shift.
To be frugal or economical in providing something; hold back: The host did not stint on the wine. He does not stint when providing advice.
The noun stint means a set amount of time in which you do something — often work of some sort. "She served a stint in the army, followed by a stint in an office setting, before settling on a career as a lounge singer." Unlike a project or vocation, a stint can refer to the stretch of time spent doing a particular job.
